⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their sixteen
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 9:26 · LAL 38-36 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q4 6:24 · LAL 98-93 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 1:53 · LAL 117-99 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q3 2:02 · LAL 81-86 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
